Clothes-washing machine



July l, H924 O. S. BROWN CLOTHES WASHING MACHINE Filed Feb. 27, 1922 llllffilllxlillllllllllll Illm GLUT Lil 7" e aina n -wasnrn'e atacmnr.

` application tiled February'h?, 19%. aerial No. Matti).

To all lmito/m. 't-may coacm: Be it hown that l 01m S.- BROWN, a citizen of The United States, residing at. Viria, in the county of Saint Louis and t tate of Minnesota, have Ainvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-l Washing Machines; 'and l do declare the `f ol lowing to be a ull, clear, and exact descrip'- tion of the invention, such as will enable Il@ others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use-the-same.

This invention relates to anim roved washing machine which is especial y, but not necessarily, designed for washing 11F clothes.

- One object of the invention is to generally improve upon machines of this class b providing one wherein a novel electric eater 'is arranged in the water space of the tub beim tween the' latter and movable clothes cylinder, the heater being advant eous in that it permits free andl ra idw circulation of water, and being so designed that it tends to direct the water into the cylinder.

More specifically speaking',- it is anotherl object of the invention to devise a' novel heater for use in connection with machines of this class, the heater comprising a heat absorbing and retaining element which is heated by electricity vand is housed within a casing which the water directly contacts.

A further object of the invention is to devise a machine of this class wherein the heater is held immovabl and against dist placement in the water rum by vnovel anchoring means. l g

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description. ln the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure l is a central vertical section, with t5 the clothes container in elevation, of a washing machine constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a section taken` on the line 2 2 of rig. i. s 5U Fi re 3 is a horizontal section taken on the hne 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure d is an enlarged detail section taken on the line 4.-4 of Fig. 3.

ln the drawings, the numeral 1 designates i5 a suitably designed tub supported on the frame 2, the tub being open at the top and a 5 at its left hand end resting -removable cover 3 being employed to close this opening when the machine is in operation. Arranged inside of the tub is a removable clothes cylinder 4 having a stub axle on a' bearing 6 secured on the inner wall of the adjacent end of the tub. On the opposite end of the cylin vder is another stub axle 7 havin connection with a slidably mounted drive s aft 8 driven and controlled by the usual means (not shown), The tubular clothes container or cylinder shown is of the slatted type but of course', may be of any other suitable construction.

The bottom of the tub is spaced a considerable distance from the clothes cylinder and a novel heating device is arranged in this space for heating the surrounding water. While this heater may be constructed otherwise, it referably com 'rises a transversely curvedp elongated metail casing 9 hav- 'ing a removable cover 10 bolted or otherwise removably secured in lace toA ermit insertion and removal of a eating e ement 11 which is arranged inside of the casing.

This heating element is preferably in thev form of a brick composed oi. a substance which will absorb and., retain heat for a considerable length of time. The brick l1 is shaped similar to the casing and has its edges spaced from the inner faces of the latter, the same being provided at its corners with feet 12 which rest on the bottom of the casing and space it therefrom. A plurality of electric wires 13 are arranged about the brick in any suitable manner for the purpose of heating it to a hi h degree. ln order to permit passage of tese wires into the casing and to prevent the entrance of water and undue movement of the cas. ing, the latter is provided at one end with an opening from which a tubular and short neck 14 extends, this neck bearing at its free, end against a packing member l5 surrounding it and engaging the inner side of the tub (see Fig. 4:). rllhis neck 14 is internally screw-threaded and a threaded bushing 16 is fitted therein and extended through an opening in the wall of the tub and beyond said opening to permit a binding nut i7 to be arranged thereon for drawing the free end of the neck intd tight engagement with the packing member and tub. A fluid-tight connection of thepheater with the tub is thus provided andthe heater is revented from being displaced by the splashing water.

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Attention is here directed to the fact that the aforesaid casing 9 1s provided at its corners with feet 18 which rest on the bot,-

tom of the tub and serve to s ace the casin a suiicient distance there rom to perm1t free circulation of water durin the washing operation or when the tub 1s being drained. I also wish to direct attention to the fact that the opposed longitudition when taken in connection with the drawings. Therefore, it seems entirely unnecessary to enter a more detailed description.

Since probably the best fresults may be obtained with 4the construction and arrangement herein shown and described, this'is taken as the preferred embodiment of the invention. However, I wish it to be understood that minor changes coming Within the scope of the invention as claimed may be resorted to if desired.

I claim:

1. In a washing machine, a tub designed to contain a cleaning Huid, a clothes cylinder rotatable in the tub and spaced from the bottom thereof, said cylinder' being equipped with openings to permit the circulation of water therethrough, and a body located in said tube and spaced from both the cylinder and bottom of the tub to permit free circulation of the cleanin Huid, the opposed longitudinal sides of said body converging toward said clothes cylinder to direct the fluid through the openings in said' cylinder when the latter is set into rotation. l

2. In a washin machine, a tub, a clothes containing cylin er rotatable in said tub and spaced above the bottom thereof to provide a water space, said cylinder being formed with openings to permit circulation of the fluid therethrough, and a casing 1ocated in the space between the cylinder and bottom of the tub, said casing having its opposed lon itudinal sides converging toward the cylin er and said casing being spaced below said cylinder and equipped with legs resting on the bottom of the tub to space it from said bottom to permit free circulation of the fluid.

3. A. device of the class described comprising a body for disposition in a uid tub under an apertured clothes cylinder therein, said body being adapted to be spaced from both the cylinder and the bottom of the tub to permlt free circulation of the cleaning fluid, and the opposed longitudinal sides of said body converging toward said clothes cylinder to direct fluid through openings in said cylinder when the same 1s set into rotation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

ORA s. BROWN. 

